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Issue Details

Issue #381
Published January 1991
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Ralph Macchio; Michael Heisler (Assistant Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "This Gun's for Hire!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Diamondback; Paladin
Genre superhero
Pencils Ron Lim (signed)
Inks Danny Bulanadi (signed)
Notes Signature dated 1990.

1 page Mario and the Princess; Super Mario Bros Shampoo and Bubble Bath advertisement "Bubble Baths and Shampoos"

Characters Mario; Princess Peach
Genre children
Notes Inside front cover. Comics ad for the Super Mario Bros. Shampoo and Bubble Bath from Revlon.

17 page Captain America story "This Gun's for Hire"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Asp; Black Mamba; Diamondback; John Jameson; Paladin; Peggy Carter; Serpent Society [Anaconda; Black Racer; Bushmaster; Coachwip; Cottonmouth; Fer-de-Lance; King Cobra (leader); Puff Adder; Rattler; Rock Python]; Sidewinder
Synopsis It's Serpent Society versus everyone else.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Ron Lim
Inks Danny Bulanadi
Colors Christie Scheele [as Max Scheele]
Letters Joe Rosen

5 page U.S. Agent story "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You..."

Characters U.S. Agent [John Walker] (Origin) (also as Super-Patriot in flashback); Bold Urban Commandos [Hector; Jerome; Lamar] (flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback); Ethan Thurm (flashback); Valerie Cooper (flashback)
Synopsis USAgent recounts some of his past.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Dan Panosian
Colors Nelson Yomtov
Letters Clem Robins

1 page letters page "American Graffitti"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Stephen Weinberg, John Jackson Miller and Erik Carvalhal Miller.